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Standard Life Aberdeen grows AuM by 3%
14 May 2019Joint venture with retail investment division of Virgin Money adds £3.5bn
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Asset risk: biggest risk for Asian insurers
02 May 2019With a lack of domestic long dated assets to match their long-term liabilities and some restrictions on overseas investments, Asian insurers’ biggest risk exposure comes from their investments. In Hong Kong, Vincent Huck meets with regional and local stakeholders to understand how they are coping and their expectations for the upcoming changes in regulations.
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Lloyds takes £339m hit for estimated cost of Scottish Widows' manager switch
02 May 2019One-off costs hit the banks’ Q1 profit
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Oil firms unattractive without climate targets
30 April 2019According to survey of 39 fund managers including insurers and their investment affiliates
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The 'obscure' Solvency II co-investment rule
30 April 2019Recent changes to co-investing rules under Solvency II have been received with mixed feelings by European insurers. Many players are even unaware there has been a development. Vincent Huck reports
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China’s Belt & Road: where are the insurers’ investments?
25 April 2019As China celebrates the sixth year of its initiative this week, insurers remain reluctant to invest in its projects. Vincent Huck asks why
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Factor investing: what are the facts?
23 April 2019While there has been a lot of hype around factor investing in the last decade, the jury is still out as to whether these types of strategies are of interest for insurers. David Turner looks at the state of play
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Lloyd's syndicates open up about investment outsourcing
11 April 2019Research by Insurance Risk Data reveals the 2018 winners and losers of the mandated asset managers for Lloyd's syndicates. David Walker reports on who won which mandates, who received applause and who wasn't that lucky.
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Green bond strategies split French CIOs and CROs
09 April 2019The difference in approach between insurers' risk and investment functions has been revealed at an event organised by the French institute of actuaries, in partnership with Schroders and Axa. This examined insurers' strategies to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. Vincent Huck reports
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13% of European insurance assets exposed to climate risk
04 April 2019Eiopa tells French insurers at Paris conference